Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy would visit the flood affected and rain-hit Kodagu district on Saturday and review the relief measures.

As a gesture at a time of critical situation, BBMP Mayor and the Commissioner have announced that the Palike would give one month salary of the corporators and one day salary of its officers and employees (approximately Rs 1.25 crore) to take up relief measures and provide assistance in rain hit districts like Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and other places.

The state government has opened 20 gruel centres in Madikeri, Somawarpete and Virajpete taluks for the rain-affected people in the Kodagu district.

The state government on Friday transferred five IAS officers.

Union Defence Minister has agreed to deploy additional defence personnel for rescue and relief operations in rain affected Kodagu district on request made by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy.

Indian Army troops and Navy divers joined the national and state disaster relief forces to rescue hundreds of people marooned in Karnataka's flood-hit Kodagu district, said an official statement on Friday.

Materials worth crores gutted in the fire when a factory manufacturing plastic materials caught fire accidentally on Thursday midnight.

The Kodagu district has completely affected by the incessant rains following which the rural areas are in a dangerous state.